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Catching tax evaders

Will the FBR become a more effective body under the PTI? The first target for the board is set to be non-filers, after the National Assembly has finally decided to withdraw relaxations given by the current government to non-filers when purchasing property and vehicles. The move constitutes another turn around by the PTI, after facing pressure over its earlier decision to remove such restrictions. In the meanwhile, the FBR has announced that it will start by taking action against 185 tax evaders and non-filers. How the FBR performs in its latest tax recovery drive will be a good indicator of whether change has really come in the country’s tax system. One must wonder, however, of the FIA decision to make